CSR 2009 Details of Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd. - Corporate Social Responsibility Activities are as follows Company Profile Compa ompany ny's 's Sloga logan n Company's Vision
Company's Mission
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Rew Rewrite rite Rules ules.. Retai etain n value alues s. Group Vision Future Group shall deli ver Everything, Everywhere, Everytime for Every Indian Consumer in the most profitable manner. Group Mission We share the vision and belief that our customers and stakeholders shall be served only by creating and executing future scenarios in the consumption space leading to economic development. We will be the trendsetters in evolving delivery formats, creating retail realty, making consumption affordable for all customer segments – for classes and for masses. We shall infuse Indian brands with confidence and renewed ambition. We shall be efficient, cost- conscious and committed to quality in whatever we do. We shall ensure that our positive attitude, sincerity, humility and united determination shall be the driving force to make us successful. A Future Group venture. As on 11-03-10, no information on CSR is available on the company website.
Company Type
Private Sector
Industry Sector
Retail
Prod Produc ucts ts / Serv Servic ices es
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No. of employees
33500
Other locations of factories / offices Financial result for time period -Sales
Zonal offices in Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Gurgaon, Bangalore. 1000 stores across 73 cities in India. Plant located in Thane (Maharashtra) July 2008 - June 2009 Rs. 7765 Crores
-Profit before tax
Loss
-Net profit after tax
Loss
-CSR Budget
Not Disclosed
CSR Activities Trust / Foundation for CSR CSR Areas
No
1. Community Welfare 2. Poverty Eradication 3. Rural Development 4. Sports 5. Vocational Training 6. Water Three main CSR activities1. Vocational Training 2. Women Empowerment 3. Rural development Publish Sustainability No Report Member of Global No Compact CSR activities in brief Pg. 7 of Annual Report
For long, we have resisted the temptation of setting up a corporate social responsibility department that has a select few employees
working with a defined budget and regularly speaks out on the ‘good work’ that it does. The primary reason for this is as an organization, we could never find a difference in the work we do every day and the ‘good work’ that a responsible organization is supposed to do. It has always been our belief that being an ethically, socially and environmentally responsible organization is the best and the most efficient way to earn the trust and goodwill of millions of customers and stakeholders. As a sustainable business that nurtures its supply partners, which cares for its community, empowers its employees and strives to be a positive change agent in society, we are confident that your company will be the one which retains the trust of society and builds a strong foundation for long-term, sustainable growth. ----------Pg. 8 of Annual Report Beginning this year, we implemented a 52-week calendar of events, to celebrate within Central. This reflects every Indian festival, sporting, lifestyle and leisure events from around the world as well as social causes like Environment Day. -----------Pg. 9 of Annual Report There is little to distinguish 14-year old Mohammad Arafat Shaikh and 13-year old Bidal Shaikh from the rest of the kids in Mumbai’s Nagpada area. Except that they have a passion for basketball and are part of the US-based National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Basketball without Borders initiative. Supported by Spalding, the sports brand retailed and marketed by Planet Sports, the initiative uses basketball to influence positive social change and features current and former NBA players and team personnel working as camp coaches. -------------------Pg. 19 of Annual Report WE ARE BEACON OF HOPE FOR THOSE IN ADVERSITY In his native village, Sethu Raghunatha Pattinam situated 433 kilometers from Chennai, 23-year old M Veerappan could have chosen to do what the rest of the 300 villagers do – farming and wood cutting. His father barely earned Rs 150 a day and with a mother and two sisters to care for, Veerappan chose to stand out. On completing his schooling, Veerappan earned himself a diploma in electronics from a nearby institute in Karamathur. It also happens to be one of the centers Pantaloon Retail recruits from. Today, Veerappan is an assistant maintenance officer at Pantaloons store in Chennai.
Veerappan is among the thousands of employees recruited by the company through rural recruitment drives in association with rural educational institutes, NGOs and government bodies. Initiatives like the Rural Employment Generation Mission, Government of of Andhra Pradesh alone has helped us recruit more than 500 people. The company has also been an active recruiter in the North East. It has also tied-up with Chennai-based Avtaar Career Creators which brings together young mothers and housewives willing to take up flexi-time and part-time jobs at our stores. These form part of our initiatives to act as positive change agents of society, and spread the benifits of modern retail in areas where we do not have business operations. Those recruited through these channels form a loyal and committed work force, willing to grow with the organization. As an organization, we firmly believe that talent is our biggest asset and to continuously identify, nurture and train talented professionals, we have set up a specialized unit, Future Learning & Development. This has set up 3 campuses, equipped with the latest training tools and curriculum in Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Kolkata to train existing manpower, attract new talent and also provide training solutions to other companies. We have also tied up with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to offer retail industry focused certified courses through these campuses. The vision is to make more Indians employable with a specific focus on socially and economically disadvantaged sections of the society. The company leverages its business experience and approach to learning to bridge the skill gap and provide trained manpower to group companies as well as the industry. We continue to make a conscious effort as an employer to be as widely representative of the country as a whole and this includes geography, religion, community, caste and socioeconomic class. Our goal is to provide quality training and employment for all those who might choose to work with us. ------------Pg. 22 of Annual Report WE ARE EMPOWERING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AND PRODUCERS We believe that it is our responsibility to engage more meaningfully with communities residing in and around many of our stores, as well as provide those without the means to improve their economic and social well being. Initiatives are today focused on building a platform and providing distribution and market outreach to womenled organizations engaged in producing food products, textiles and handicrafts. These not only help us act as positive change agents for society, but also provide ethnic and traditional
products that urban India so often craves for. An immensely successful initiative of this nature was ‘Yatra’, a joint effort between Big Bazaar and Yashaswini, a self help group platform. The purpose was to encourage the efforts of underprivileged women traders through establishing a channel for them to sell their produce in a profitable manner. Our interactions with several women’s networks in Maharashtra resulted in us establishing a connect with about 200 such groups from remote villages. More than 300 women from these groups were offered a chance to sell their produce during special promotions in front of Big Bazaar stores. The idea was to serve our customers, in an authentic manner, the rich, diverse traditional cuisine of Maharashtra. These items were specialty items from each geographical region within the state. Spread over 4 days and with the assistance of volunteers from Yashaswini as well as our own staff, Yatra turned out to an extremely popular event at all the Big Bazaar stores. Sales increased throughout the event and saw the women sellers take home at least as much as Rs.500 each on all 4 days. A sum total of 19 Big Bazaar stores, across the state participated and shared the platform with at least 40 groups each time. An intresting outcome of this activity has also been that 30 products out of these Yatras were selected as winner products which are now being regularly stocked at Big Bazaar outlets. Similar initiatives with self help groups and local indigenous communities have been initiated in the states of Assam, Karnataka, Kerela and Delhi and have met with very encouraging response from customers and the communities we serve. ----------------Pg. 24 of Annual Report In addition, almost every Big Bazaar and Food Bazaar store now has a customer advisory board. These advisory boards are composed of well known personalities or respected individuals who live in and around the stores. These customer advisory boards regularly meet to review and advise the store managers and the staff on improving customer experience, product assortment and social initiatives. ---------------Additional CSR Information
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Company Contact Information Company Name
Pantaloon Retail (India) Ltd.
Registered Address
Knowledge House Shyam Nagar Off Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road Jogeshwari (East) Maharashtra, Mumbai - 400 060
Phone
022 6644 2200
Fax
022 6644 2201
Email id
[email protected] [email protected]
Website
http://www.pantaloon.com
Year of Establishment
1987
Name of the Chairman / Mr. Kishore Biyani CEO Designation
Managing Director
Karmayog CSR 2009 Rating
2/5
Link
http://www.karmayog.org/csr2009/csrdetails.aspx?id=878
Karmayog CSR 2008 Rating
0/5
Link
http://www.karmayog.org/csr501to1000/csr501to1000_21258.htm
Karmayog CSR 2007 Rating
0/5
Link
http://www.karmayog.org/csr500companies/csr500companies_8387.htm
